See Seal’s jump scare transformation in Mountain Dew’s Super Bowl 2025 ad

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The commercial opens with Mountain Dew’s Mountain Dude offering singer Becky G the company’s Baja Blast flavored drink.After accepting and taking a sip, Seal’s transported to the ocean, landing in a boat driven by Mountain Dude.“Refreshing,” Becky G, 27, tells Mountain Dude.“It’s kissed by the perfect amount of tropical lime,” he replies.The scene then pans to multiple seals on a rock formation singing the beginning of what viewers might think is “Kiss From a Rose.”At the top of the rock formation, Seal is revealed, but not as his usual self.

Instead, Seal has been transformed into, well, an actual seal.“Baby, I compare it to a kiss from a lime, on the bay,” Seal sings dramatically, altering a few lyrics from his hit song. “Ohh, the more I think about it, it’s strange I’m a seal yeah.”Seal then explains that he can’t hold a Mountain Dew bottle because it “slips right on through” his flippers.Dramatically, everyone, including the seals, stop to stare as two sharks swim around them.After a beat, Seal croons: “There’s so much a seal can tell you, so much he can say.

Dew remains my power, my pleasure, my flame.”Seal told Today.com that he thought it was a bit cliche but funny when he saw his body edited to a seal for the first time.“I did have to laugh because it was done in, kind of in good humor. … There are aspects and parts of my life that are really serious, that require focus and responsibility and accountability,” he told the outlet. “And so, anytime I get a chance to laugh and make fun of myself with a meme that was with my head on a seal, I mean, it’s hilarious and it’s a good antidote of relief to the seriousness of life.”Seal feels “really fortunate” that his song still resonates with fans today.“I’m a kid from a.